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Games Like Minotaur

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Adventure, Singleplayer, Atmospheric.

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An adventure game with visual novel-style narrative, Minotaur tells a dark mystery story set in a newly created science fantasy world of synthets, magic-wielding androids and cybernetically enhanced penguins… God, what a (bloody) mess.

Reviews: Very Positive — 95% — of 340 reviews
Released: 2019-09-05
Developer: U7 committee
Publisher: indienova
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Early Access
Platforms: Windows, Mac

Overview

Minotaur is a unique blend of dark science fantasy, cyberpunk aesthetics, and visual novel-style narrative depth. These recommendations focus on titles that capture that same atmospheric tension, combining point-and-click exploration with complex, mystery-driven storytelling in dystopian or sci-fi settings.

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    97% matchVery Positive94% of 1,607 reviews2015
    Dev: Technocrat GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 41.5%, Point & Click 29.6%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 5.8%, Story Rich 5.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A quintessential cyberpunk point-and-click adventure that excels in world-building and complex mystery.

  2. #2 The Red Strings Club
    96% matchVery Positive94% of 13,842 reviews2018
    Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 43.3%, Great Soundtrack 16.3%, Point & Click 11.7%, Story Rich 9.2%, Visual Novel 7.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on deep narrative choices and cyberpunk themes that mirror the philosophical weight of Minotaur.

  3. #3 Minds Beneath Us
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,416 reviews2024
    Dev: BearBoneStudio
    Windows
    Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 37.2%, Point & Click 19.6%, Visual Novel 19%, Adventure 10%, Story Rich 9.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A modern narrative-heavy game that explores the intersection of humanity and technology in a dystopian setting.

  4. #4 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 37,969 reviews2016
    Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 38.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Point & Click 17.4%, Story Rich 8.4%, Adventure 7.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Captures the intimate, character-driven narrative and gritty cyberpunk atmosphere found in Minotaur.

  5. #5 Gemini Rue
    94% matchVery Positive88% of 1,873 reviews2011
    Dev: Joshua NuernbergerPub: Wadjet Eye Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 33.4%, Point & Click 32.3%, Adventure 14.2%, Sci-fi 5.3%, Indie 5.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A classic cyberpunk point-and-click adventure with a dark, atmospheric story and strong noir influences.

  6. #6 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
    94% matchVery Positive93% of 6,967 reviews2017
    Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?

    Why similar: Visual Novel 33.6%, Great Soundtrack 15.8%, Story Rich 14.7%, Point & Click 14.3%, Adventure 9.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Delivers the high-stakes mystery and visual novel structure that fans of Minotaur's dark narrative will appreciate.

  7. #7 Tokyo Dark
    93% matchVery Positive84% of 1,336 reviews2017
    Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.

    Why similar: Point & Click 31.1%, Visual Novel 26.9%, Anime 13.8%, Adventure 11.3%, Story Rich 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Blends anime-inspired aesthetics with a branching, mystery-focused narrative that feels very similar to Minotaur.

  8. #8 Neofeud
    92% matchVery Positive85% of 276 reviews2017
    Dev: Silver Spook Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Neofeud is a Dystopic Cyberpunk adventure game in the vein of Blade Runner, but with an overlay of Game of Thrones-like political intrigue, and 1366x768, hand-painted, stylized visuals.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 34.6%, Point & Click 19.9%, Adventure 14.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Indie 9.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A gritty, indie cyberpunk adventure that focuses on social commentary and point-and-click mechanics.

  9. #9 Citizen Sleeper
    91% matchVery Positive93% of 9,761 reviews2022
    Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 53.9%, Story Rich 14%, Adventure 13.4%, Indie 10.5%, Sci-fi 8.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Explores themes of android consciousness and survival in a decaying sci-fi world, matching Minotaur's thematic depth.

  10. #10 MINDHACK
    90% matchVery Positive93% of 676 reviews2023
    Dev: VODKAdemo?
    Windows · Mac

    Change the minds of evildoers…for good! MINDHACK is a text adventure game where you meet unique evildoers, hack their minds, and rewrite them into happy people!

    Why similar: Visual Novel 34%, Adventure 16.7%, Story Rich 15.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.8%, Anime 8.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A unique visual novel that uses a dystopian setting and hacking mechanics to drive its narrative forward.

  11. #11 Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade
    91% matchMostly Positive79% of 689 reviews2014
    Dev: Lostwood
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    "Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade" is a detective story told by a dweller of a cruel dark fantasy world affected by the pandemic. The world ruled by a five noble-born kins under the suzerainty of the undead Plague King.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Point & Click 22.4%, Great Soundtrack 15.8%, Adventure 14.2%, Story Rich 10.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A story-rich visual novel that shares the indie, point-and-click roots of Minotaur.

  12. #12 STEINS;GATE
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 25,378 reviews2016
    Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 66.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 36.7%, Great Soundtrack 23.4%, Story Rich 14.5%, Anime 12.9%, Sci-fi 6.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A seminal visual novel that provides a deep, sci-fi mystery narrative with significant emotional impact.

  13. #13 Synergia
    89% matchVery Positive87% of 795 reviews2020
    Dev: Radi ArtPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
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    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    Why similar: Cyberpunk 39.4%, Visual Novel 21.9%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%, Anime 7.9%, Indie 7%

    Why You'll Like It: Features a striking cyberpunk aesthetic and a narrative centered on androids and human relationships.

  14. #14 Song of Farca
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    Why similar: Cyberpunk 33.2%, Point & Click 23.5%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Story Rich 10.1%, Adventure 8.8%

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    Windows · Mac
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Cyberpunk 36.2%, Point & Click 20.7%, Visual Novel 18%, Story Rich 8.4%, Adventure 7.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A vibrant cyberpunk adventure that emphasizes investigation and character interaction in a futuristic setting.

  17. #17 VirtuaVerse
    86% matchVery Positive83% of 1,098 reviews2020
    Dev: Theta DivisionPub: Blood Music
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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    Why similar: Cyberpunk 45.8%, Point & Click 28.4%, Story Rich 8.1%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 6.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled cyberpunk point-and-click adventure that leans heavily into the genre's classic tropes.

  18. #18 The Silver Case
    84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,085 reviews2016
    Dev: GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    Why similar: Visual Novel 40%, Adventure 25.7%, Story Rich 18.6%, Anime 15.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A surreal, mystery-heavy visual novel that shares the dark, experimental storytelling style of Minotaur.

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    83% matchMixed67% of 3,357 reviews2021
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    Windows · Mac
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    Why similar: Point & Click 36.6%, Visual Novel 30.6%, Adventure 18.1%, Story Rich 14.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A noir-inspired cyberpunk detective story that captures a similar sense of mystery and urban decay.

  20. #20 Dark Grim Mariupolis
    84% matchVery Positive80% of 81 reviews2018
    Dev: Team MariupolisPub: Xitilon
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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    Why similar: Adventure 60.8%, Indie 39.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A noir-inspired point-and-click adventure that features robots and a dark, gritty atmosphere.

  21. #21 Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,849 reviews2023
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    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    Why similar: Adventure 21.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.6%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Point & Click 17.4%, Story Rich 16.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers a brilliant, mystery-focused narrative with unique mechanics that fans of story-rich adventures will enjoy.

  22. #22 SIGNALIS
    78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,986 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    Why similar: Cyberpunk 67.5%, Adventure 17.3%, Sci-fi 15.2%

    Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, its dark, atmospheric sci-fi mystery and android-centric themes resonate with Minotaur's tone.

  23. #23 Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
    82% matchVery Positive84% of 1,573 reviews2015
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Why similar: Point & Click 42.8%, Adventure 30.5%, Great Soundtrack 13%, Indie 8.2%, Story Rich 5.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A bleak, post-apocalyptic point-and-click adventure with a strong emphasis on narrative and atmosphere.

  24. #24 Deponia
    81% matchVery Positive87% of 13,144 reviews2012
    Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Why similar: Point & Click 53.1%, Adventure 25.2%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%, Story Rich 6.6%, Indie 5.8%

    Why You'll Like It: While more comedic, it is a staple of the point-and-click genre that shares the structural DNA of Minotaur.

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    80% matchVery Positive95% of 144 reviews2016
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    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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    Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Adventure 22.3%, Great Soundtrack 21.8%, Indie 14.5%, Anime 10.8%

    Why You'll Like It: An indie visual novel that pairs a strong, mysterious narrative with a memorable soundtrack.

  26. #26 Dofamine
    79% matchMostly Positive76% of 266 reviews2021
    Dev: Whale Rock Games
    Windows

    You must explore the labyrinth of riddles and investigate the apocalyptic event at the research facility following the experiments with the Higgs boson, or “the God particle”.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 55.5%, Adventure 20.4%, Story Rich 10.4%, Sci-fi 7.5%, Indie 6.3%

    Why You'll Like It: An indie adventure that explores cyberpunk themes through a unique, simulation-heavy lens.

  27. #27 Alternativa
    82% matchMixed47% of 210 reviews2010
    Dev: Centauri ProductionPub: Bohemia Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%

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    Why similar: Point & Click 34.2%, Cyberpunk 32.3%, Adventure 28.3%, Sci-fi 5.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi point-and-click adventure set in a dystopian future that mirrors the world-building of Minotaur.

  28. #28 Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
    81% matchMixed53% of 222 reviews2016
    Dev: HarotobiraPub: Sometimes You
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%

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    Why similar: Cyberpunk 34.5%, Adventure 28.9%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Indie 9.4%, Story Rich 6.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Directly targets the cyberpunk visual novel niche with its futuristic setting and narrative focus.

  29. #29 malViolence - Definitive Edition
    76% matchVery Positive93% of 137 reviews2023
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  30. #30 The Blind Prophet
    77% matchVery Positive88% of 519 reviews2020
    Dev: Ars Goetia
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%

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    Why similar: Adventure 34.9%, Point & Click 26.8%, Indie 23%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%, Story Rich 4.8%

  31. #31 Thy Creature
    76% matchVery Positive82% of 142 reviews2022
    Dev: Growing Seeds
    Windows

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  32. #32 Urban Myth Dissolution Center
    71% matchVery Positive88% of 5,751 reviews2025
    Dev: HakababunkoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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  33. #33 Sinless + OST
    77% matchMostly Positive78% of 375 reviews2015
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  34. #34 MO:Astray
    73% matchVery Positive92% of 5,025 reviews2019
    Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
    Windows
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    78% matchMixed51% of 183 reviews2015
    Dev: Zeiva Inc
    Windows
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    72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,237 reviews2022
    Dev: COWCAT
    Windows · Mac
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    74% matchVery Positive93% of 1,722 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac
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  38. #38 Tails Noir: Prologue
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,115 reviews2019
    Dev: EggNutPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 46.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%

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    70% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2026
    Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
    Windows

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  40. #40 Endless Fables: The Minotaur's Curse
    74% matchVery Positive90% of 334 reviews2016
    Dev: Sunward GamesPub: Artifex Mundi
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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    75% matchMostly Positive79% of 291 reviews2016
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    Windows
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    72% matchVery Positive92% of 9,101 reviews2019
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    Windows
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  43. #43 See No Evil
    75% matchMostly Positive73% of 452 reviews2014
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    Windows
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  44. #44 Analogue: A Hate Story
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 2,291 reviews2012
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    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,387 reviews2012
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Paradigm is a surreal adventure game set in the strange and post apocalyptic Eastern European country of Krusz. Play as the handsome mutant, Paradigm, whose past comes back to haunt him in the form of a genetically engineered sloth that vomits candy.

    Why similar: Point & Click 42.7%, Adventure 23.5%, Indie 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 13.8%, Story Rich 4%

  49. #49 The Shell Part I: Inferno
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,325 reviews2023
    Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
    Windows
    Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 110.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 61.2%, Adventure 19.5%, Anime 12.4%, Story Rich 6.8%

  50. #50 FAKEBOOK
    66% matchVery Positive91% of 732 reviews2024
    Dev: banjihagames
    Windows · Mac

    Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 31.4%, Point & Click 30.5%, Adventure 16.5%, Story Rich 16.1%, Indie 5.5%

  51. #51 ANONYMOUS;CODE
    68% matchMostly Positive80% of 513 reviews2023
    Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Hack Into God

    Why similar: Visual Novel 39%, Adventure 33.3%, Anime 15.3%, Story Rich 12.3%

  52. #52 Whispers of a Machine
    68% matchVery Positive93% of 1,957 reviews2019
    Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 34.8%, Point & Click 32.8%, Adventure 20.6%, Sci-fi 6.1%, Story Rich 5.7%

  53. #53 The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
    69% matchVery Positive86% of 279 reviews2021
    Dev: Trinitite Team
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 37.3%, Story Rich 17.2%, Adventure 15.8%, Anime 14.9%, Sci-fi 9.8%

  54. #54 2064: Read Only Memories
    70% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,665 reviews2015
    Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 37.7%, Point & Click 21.8%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Story Rich 9.1%, Adventure 8.1%

  55. #55 The Maker's Eden
    71% matchMixed69% of 119 reviews2014
    Dev: Screwy Lightbulb
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    The Maker's Eden is a first-person hypertext adventure game presented in the style of a motion comic. You play a character trying to discover what their predefined purpose is, in a science fiction/noir inspired world filled with androids, flying cars and an early 20th century vibe.

    Why similar: Cyberpunk 53.6%, Adventure 46.4%

  56. #56 Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
    66% matchVery Positive82% of 360 reviews2024
    Dev: The Wild GentlemenPub: Joystick Ventures
    Windows

    A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.

    Why similar: Point & Click 42.9%, Visual Novel 34.9%, Story Rich 22.2%

  57. #57 Black Mirror II
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 697 reviews2014
    Dev: Cranberry ProductionPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows
    Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Enter a dark, captivating world as the massive evil of Black Mirror Castle is reincarnated with over 100 atmospheric locations to explore and 40 different characters to interact with. Will Darren's search lead him to redemption or the hell of insanity?

    Why similar: Point & Click 56.5%, Adventure 38.1%, Story Rich 5.4%

  58. #58 Genesis Noir
    67% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,187 reviews2021
    Dev: Feral Cat DenPub: Fellow Traveller
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    A noir adventure spanning time and space. When a love triangle between cosmic beings becomes a bitter confrontation, you'll witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god—otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe and search for a way to destroy creation and save your love.

    Why similar: Point & Click 41.6%, Great Soundtrack 17.6%, Story Rich 15.6%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 6.6%

  59. #59 Chicken Police - Paint it RED!
    65% matchVery Positive95% of 2,490 reviews2020
    Dev: The Wild GentlemenPub: HandyGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    A wild tale of love, death, chickens, and redemption! Chicken Police is a buddy-cop noir adventure with a carefully crafted world, a gritty story, and absurd humor. The game mixes classic adventure games with visual novel-style storytelling, presented in a beak-droppingly unique art style.

    Why similar: Point & Click 36.2%, Visual Novel 31.1%, Adventure 17.8%, Story Rich 14.9%

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